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Curving Feather-moss

Scorpiurium circinatum

559Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan77
Feb87
Mar116
Apr67
May48
Jun19
Jul18
Aug14
Sep16
Oct19
Nov33
Dec43

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales98
2Dorset England73
3Somerset England64
4Pembrokeshire Wales51
5Cornwall England49
6Bristol, City of England44
7Isle of Wight England36
8Devon England23
9Gloucestershire England19
10Torbay England14
11Carmarthenshire Wales5
12Isles of Scilly England4
13Monmouthshire Wales4
14Isle of Anglesey Wales3
15Kent England2
388 England1 Scotland169 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
559
Peak month
March
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Scorpiurium circinatum
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
623
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Brachytheciaceae
Genus
Scorpiurium
Name with authority
Scorpiurium circinatum (Brid.) M.Fleisch. & Loeske
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15589356 · GBIF 2679719